Myths and legends of Minsk’s nonconformists of the 1980s: in the footsteps of art-community "Bielaruski klimat"

Niamiha metro station

vulica Kamunistyčnaja

plošča Pieramohi

park Horkaha

vul.K.Marksa

vul.Kamsamol’skaja

Niamiha m.st

1,5 hours

during the tour there are many stops to view the sites; passages between them are not long, at a leisurely pace

10 km

as a rule, the route is mapped along cycle paths and sidewalks, without entering roadways

our public tours are in Belarusian or Russian

our public tours are in Belarusian or Russian; to know more about them, switch over to the appropriate version of the website

no private tours in Belarusian

the tour runs as a public one only, free of charge

no private tours

the tour runs as a public one only, free of charge

bike rental ≈ 10 руб.

exact bicycle hire charge depends on the tour duration and the delivery details; you can use any bike you want for our tours

Minsk nonconformists from the “Bielaruski klimat” art-community were bored in the exemplary Soviet capital in the end of 1980s. That is why they decided to populate ghosts, dragons and knights here, imaging castle ruins and mystery signs everywhere around… Evening walkings with outrageous tricks, endless imagination around the main city sites became a real tour, which filled the city with a new mysterious and ironic sense, explained its name, origins and space in a totally other manner. In the Soviet time for such stories one could be beaten by boneheads, caught by the police, put into a nut hospital. But now we’re glad to invite you to the tour, dear amateur of the city, the humour and adventures.

Sites: Underground, the fourth house of the third Russian Labor Socialist Party meeting, Mienisk’s phallus, Mienisk’s testis, the place of sailing toy boats, site of Mienisk’s castle, a little birch and a little asp near the Communist Party Central Committee, the last axolotl

Terms

"Mienski vielašpacyr" tours (English: "Miensk bike tour") are not difficult, at medium
speed, with many breaks on the way;

children under 14 can take part in the tours with their parents or close relatives only;
in such a case that adults have to take responsibility for that children and testify it with
their personal sign before the tour;

children from 14 through 17 inclusive can participate in the tours without their parents or
close relatives, but with their written permission composed in the presence of our guide;

drunk, intoxicated, pregnant are not allowed to join the tours;

for regular public* tours: participants are supposed to be at meeting point
10 minutes before the tour;

our regular public tours run in Belarusian or Russian;

*public tour is an open tour accessible for everyone; as a rule, they say "public tour" when they want to differ it from an individual, private tour, booked by an individual or a private groupe

we can arrange your bicycle hire with delivery to the meeting
point (an average bicycle hire charge for 3 hours with delivery is 12 BYN;
an exact bicycle hire charge depends on route's duration, meeting
point, number of bikes you need - contact us for details);

please, note that when you rent a bicycle your ID card or some other equel document is
requied;

for regular public tours: "Mienski vielašpacyr" does not guarantee that there will be free
bikes to rent;

participants of our tours can ride at cycle tracks and pedestrian zone only, dismounting
to cross the street when needed (it is allowed to cross a street without dismounting when
the crossroad is marked with the appropriate sign);

as an exception, if there is no other way, after guide's permission only, it is allowed to
cycle on the carriageway, riding in one line not further than 1 meter from its right edge;

during a tour all the participants have to ride in one line (as a column), not overtaking
each other, with min. distance 3 m. between each other;

outside intersections on an unregulated crossing of the cycle path with a road, a cyclist
is obliged to give way to vehicles travelling on the road;

when moving on the road at night-time and/or at insufficient visibility, a cyclist must have
turned on: in front — headlight (headlamp) emitting white light, on the back — lamp emitting
red light;

cyclists are prohibited to use technically defective cycles; all the participants of our
tours are responsible for the technical condition of their bikes personally; a bicycle
rental office is also responsible for the bicycles it gives for rent;

cyclists are prohibited to ride without holding the handlebars and/or holding foots on
pedals (steps);

cyclists are prohibited to carry passengers, except of cases of carriage on the cycle of
children under the age of seven in additionally equipped seat or when the carriage of
passengers is provided by the bicycle construction;

cyclists are prohibited to carry load which projects more than 0,5 meters in their length or
width out of dimensions of the vehicle, and also load interfering with driving of such
vehicle;

towing of a cycle and by a cycle is prohibited;

it's not necessary to use a helmet when cycling; anyway, the participants are
responsible for their decision about using or not using helmets during the tours;

a participant of a tour who causes an accident is liable for it (all the
cases should be approached individually);

before a tour all the participants have to sign personally that they got acquainted with
the rules and they are ready to obey them;

our tours run rain or sunshine, which can't be a reason to cancel the tour and refund money to
the client (see "Money refund");

"Mienski vielašpacyr" has a right to take a decision if the weather is appropriate for
making a tour or not;

if it is rain, we have raincoats for your use for free;

in case of extraordinary events (as well as adverse weather)
we hold the right to cancel or change the time of a tour, make it shorter ,with
refunding, refunding partly or not refunding money to the clients (see "Money refund");

the prices for individual (private) and regular public tours are on the pages of the tours
(choose one of our tours);

we provide 15% discount for all of our tours (except an individual tour for 1-3 persons) for
students (not depends on their citizenship), for pensioners and art workers (citizens of the
Republic of Belarus), ID card is required;

our tours are always free for the combatants of the battle near Orsza in 1514, and for the
insurgents of the national Belarusian uprising in 1863;

you can pay for a tour in advance (not later than 24 hours before the tour starts) by:

- a bank card:
after you contact us or book the tour, we will customize the tour for you and send you a link for the payment
(secure server WEBPAY set an encrypted connection via the TLS protocol and accept client's bank card data in confidence (card's number, holder's name, expiration date, check number CVC/CVC2);
after the payment by the bank card, on the email that you input in the process of the payment you will receive a credit card charge form (the confirmation of the payment) which has to be shown to our guide before the tour (also, the bank card charge form will be the confirmation of bank transactions effected in case of a dispute);

it is possible to pay for a tour before it starts at the meeting point to our tour guide (cash only), but, in such a case, we don't guarantee the availability of our guide on the date of your booked private tour or a place in a group of a public tour;

if you pay in advance, but arrive late for the tour and can’t find your group, no money is
refund;

if you pay for a tour in advance but you can't take part in it, please,
inform us about your absence not later than 24 hrs.
before the tour. In such a case,
you’ll get a full refund or will be able to join the next tour for the same price;

if you pay for a tour in advance but you can't take part in it,
and if you inform us about your absence not later than
30 min. before a tour,
you’ll get a 50% refund or you’ll be able to join the next tour for the same price;

if you pay for a tour in advance, but you can't take part in it,
and you inform us less than 30 min. before the tour or you do not inform us at all, no money
is refund;

if because of extraordinary events or adverse weather, that become obvious less than 24 hrs.
before a tour,
the tour-guide cancels the tour or change its start time, or make it shorter for more
than a half (as for route),
we would refund a half of the money you've payed for the tour or suggest you to join the next tour
for the same price;

if because of extraordinary events or adverse weather, that become obvious more than 24 hrs.
before a tour,
we cancel the tour or change its start time,
we could refund all the money you payed or propose you to participate in the next tour with
the same price;

if because of extraordinary events or adverse weather the tour guide makes a tour
shorter (as for route), but the most part of it is already realized, no money would be
refund;

public tours, which are in Belarusian and Russian, run regularly since May untill September inclusive
(and even besides that, if the weather is appropriate) according to the schedule that could
be found on Belarusian or Russian
version of the website, on Facebook and Vkontakte or by contacting
us;

duration of our city tours is approx. 2-3 hours (depending on the route);

start time and duration of an individual (private) tour should be discussed and arranged with a
private tourist;

if extraordinary events (revolution/ insects attack/ meteorites falling/ adverse weather / war with Russia
etc.)
threaten the lives or health of the participants of a tour,
the tour-guide will hold a right to cancel or change the start time of a tour, to make it shorter,
refunding, refunding partly or not refunding money to tourists (see "Money refund");

if because of extraordinary events or adverse weather "Mienski vielašpacyr" cancels a public tour
or changes its start time,
you could find the information about it on Belarusian or Russian version of the website, on Facebook and Vkontakte or by contacting us;